FBReader for Android
FBReader (FBReaderJ) is an open source e-book reader for the
Android platform that makes it simple to view free literature. It is a
clone of the FBReader book reader written in Java.
The application runs on a variety of platforms including Linux
and
Linux-based mobile devices such as Siemens, Motorola, Sharp, Nokia, and
Samsung
smartphones.
Features:
- Supported e-book formats:
- ePub - an international e-publishing standard
- fb2 - a Russian e-books standard
- oeb - Open e-book
- Non-DRM'd version of Mobipocket
- Reading from zip, tar and gzip
archives are also supported
- Includes a browser/downloaded for network e-book
catalogues/stores
- Support for custom OPDS catalogues
- Can use external
TrueType/OpenType fonts
- Browser / downloader for
network ebook catalogues/stores
- Day / Night viewing mode
- Search
- Automatic rotation
- Automatically generated contents table
- Customise font family, font
size, font style, line spacing, alignment, auto hyphenations, styles
including separate settings for titles and epigraphs, background,
background color, margins, progress indictator, and much more
- Page flip animation
- Bookmarks listed specifically
for a book or for all books
- Back button lets you return to
a bookmark for the currently viewed book
- Zoom in / Zoom out
- Keeps the last open book and the last read positions for
all opened books between runs
- Position indicator
- Quick navigation
- Integration with external dictionaries:
- ColorDict
- Fora Dictionary
- FreeDictionary.org
- Plugin available to add text-to-speech functionality
- Honeycomb support
- Internationalization support
Verdict:
FBReader for Android is an extremely capable
ebooker reader. Whilst it does not support all of the same formats as
the
original FBReader, it is fast and highly customizable. There are many
nice touches that make it stand out from the crowd.
 9/10
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Last Updated Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 04:04 AM EDT
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